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gooses up

gooses up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of goose up.

Meaning of goose up

Verb

goose up (third-person singular simple present gooses up, present participle goosing up, simple past and past participle goosed up)

  1. To take steps to make something appear more attractive or compelling.
  2. To boost or increase something's power (especially an engine).

Questions about gooses up

What is gooses up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gooses up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of goose up.

Words near gooses up in the dictionary

  1. gooser
  2. gooseries
  3. goosers
  4. goosery
  5. gooses
  6. gooses up
  7. gooseskin
  8. gooseskins
  9. goosestep
  10. goosestepped
  11. goosestepper

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gooses up (page history and authors); goose up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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